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Estrada minimizes HR damage but takes loss

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TORONTO -- Even on the nights when Marco Estrada has everything working and appears to be in complete control, there seems to be that one big inning he just can't avoid.

Estrada was enjoying one of his best starts this season when three consecutive two-out doubles in the top of the seventh inning changed everything. A tie ballgame quickly became a two-run deficit as the Blue Jays were saddled with a 3-1 loss to the Athletics on Friday night at Rogers Centre.

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The 34-year-old has been working off this script for most of the season.